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Show SCENE OF BLIZZARD IS SHIFTED TO THE COAST j f Ncwr York, Pennsylvania and New England ShiverlHg In Grasp of Zero Wave. BLIZZAKD'S MOVE TO ATLANTIC COAST. New Tork City, above: points in New Tork, sero to 18 below; Penn- sylvanla points, 10 to 14 below; New England points, 6 above to 10 below; Chicago, 7 below. NEW ENGLAND CATCHES TEETH OF BLIZZARD; TRAFFIC IS DELAYED. i BOSTON, Feb. 18. Zero weather followed fol-lowed yesterday's blizzard in New England. Eng-land. The temperature today ranged from 12 above zero at Nantucket- to 4 below at Eastport. Me., and Northfleld, Vt. In Boston the lowest official temperature tem-perature was 6 above zero. Railroad and street car traffic was still considerably delayed by the snow and extreme cold. ' NEW TORK, Feb. 18. The snow- - storm of yesterday gave way today to -clearing skies and cold winds, accom- panied by falling temperature. At 8 a. m. the weather bureau thermometer stood at 6 deg. above zero, the lowest 0 far this winter. " . Dispatches from various parts of the "'l State report temperatures ranging from "zero to 18 deg. below, the latter in the . Adirondack region. The snowfall is "the heaviest of the winter. " COLD WAVE REINFORCED AT CHICAGO; BITING ' WIND ADDS INTENSITY. CHICAGO, . Feb. 18. A "relr.force-ment" "relr.force-ment" of the cold wave, which, according accord-ing to the official forecaster, "precludes any moderation In temperature" In the .! l" Immediate future, gave this city a tem- - perature today which promised to beat - the record for the winter, reached early yesterday, of 10 degrees below, A biting wind that sprang up during the light increased in keenness and reached nearly near-ly the velocity of a gale as the day ad- vanced end added materially to the in-" in-" ' tensity of the cold. There is much suf-. fering among the destitute, notwithstanding notwith-standing the best efforts of all char- Itable organizations, although the scarcity scar-city of coal ia less general than In the previous cold spell. .In addition to one -" " death reported yesterday two are said to have died directly or indirectly from the effects of the cold. Through trains continue to arrive hours behind schedule, while suburban - - and traction ines poc-rate with more 'S. " or less lrregufarlty. The highest temperature, according to the weather bureau, since the arrival of the cold wave, was at 3 o'clock this morning, when the thermometer stood j;t 4 above. From that hour the mercury mer-cury has steadily receded until at 9 to- - . day 7 below was recorded. Rapid Drop at Topeka, TOPEKA. Kan., Feb. 18. It was 7 degrees de-grees below zero at 8 o'clock this morning morn-ing in Topeka. The fall in the temperature temper-ature was very rapid, the Government thermometer showing 32 degrees above at 11 o'clock last night. Records in Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 18. Reports from up the State are to the effect that last night was a record-breaker for low temperature. At Pottsville early today the mercury was 14 degrees below zero and at Reading 10 below. Biting Cold Wind. ST. PAUL, Feb. 18. The lowest official offi-cial temperature In this city last night was 18 deg. below zero. Intense cold weather Is reported from all weather stations In the Northwest. A biting wind intensifies the cold. One Above at Pittsburg:. PITTSBURG, Feb. 18. The mercury registered 1 degree above zero at the office of-fice of the weather bureau today but many thermometers about the city were from 2 to 6 degrees lower. It was the coldest day since February 26, 1900. MERCURY FALLS FAST AT INDIANAPOLIS IN FACE OF SHARP GALE. -I . INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Feb. 18. One of the worst blizzards that has ever visited vis-ited Indianapolis tame this morning. Although the temperature yesterday TTT"" morning reached a record-breaking depth, the conditions today were far more disagreeable. At 4 a. m. the tem-peraturt tem-peraturt was 14 deg. above zero. At 9 o'clock It had recorded a fall of 16 deg., and the Indications were for still colder -' weather. Railroad traffic Is Interrupted. RECORD FOR WINTER IS . - - BROKEN AT OMAHA BY ' REINFORCED BLIZZARD. OMAHA, Feb. 18. The mercury took another downward shoot last night, go- -Ing four degrees below the record for .'."'. 'the winter and reaching 14 below zero. This low temperature was accompanied ' by a gale, which made the conditions the most severe of the winter. These temperatures, all below zero, were re-- re-- ported: Valentine, IS; Rapid City, 12; Huron, 20. Indications are for another cold night tonight. ' with rising temperature to- I morrow. .. -T-.- SUFFERING OF POOR IN IOWA ACUTE; SEVERE WEATHER IS REPORTED. DES MOINES, Ia., Feb. 18. Thirteen ' degrees below zero was recorded here this morning by the weather bureau, ' ' while still more severe weather is reported re-ported from the northern portion of the State. Suffering among the poor is -acute. A perfect gale is blowing, which 'makes outdoor employment dangerous. Blizzard on Lakes. "WEST SUPERIOR. Wis.. Feb. 18. The head of the lakes is In the grip of a Mlzzard today, the wind velocity being "" '.' forty-two miles an hour. The official - - temperature at 7 a, m. was 20 deg. be-. be-. w lw zero. Business is practically sus-pended. sus-pended. All coal other than that sold wfT under contract is exhausted. Weather Moderating. ; KANSAS CITY, Feb. 18. It was 7 degrees below xero in Kansas City this - morning, a rise of 2 degrees in the past ' ' " twenty-four hours, with indications of . moderating weather. - , Cold in Connecticut. NEW HAVEN. Conn., Feb. 18. Temperatures Tem-peratures ranging from 5 to 10 degrees below zero, nearly equaling the lowest records of the winter, were reported today to-day from a number of places in this vicinity. vi-cinity. I |